A comparative evaluation of health related quality of life and depression in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:We have investigated the role of the Th17-related cytokines interleukin-17A (IL-17A), IL-21, and IL-23 in spondyloarthritis (SpA) by examining their association with disease activity and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in patients with SpA (n = 80). Furthermore, to investigate the cellular origins of the cyt...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Andersen T,Rasmussen TK,Hvid M,Holm CK,Madsen KJ,Jurik AG,Hokland M,Stengaard-Pedersen K,Schiøttz-Christensen B,Deleuran B

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Juvenile Arthritis Multidimensional Assessment Report (JAMAR) is a new parent/patient reported outcome measure that enables a thorough assessment of the disease status in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). We report the results of the cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the parent and patie...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Scott C,Okong'o L,Brice N,Murless S,Slamang W,Fadlelmola A,Consolaro A,Bovis F,Ruperto N,Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation (PRINTO).

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the intracellular mechanisms of substance P induced oxyradical production in rheumatoid synovial cells by the luminol-dependent chemiluminescence method. After stimulation with substance P (30 microM), single synovial A (macrophage-like) or B (fibroblast-like) cells released oxyradicals such as superoxide ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Tanabe T,Otani H,Mishima K,Ogawa R,Inagaki C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma fibronectin (FN) was measured in 17 patients with essential mixed cryoglobulinaemia (EMC) and in 17 normal subjects by single radial immunodiffusion (RID) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In 9 patients the presence of FN in the cryoprecipitates was also assessed by immunoblotting. In the EMC group...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Toschi V,Renoldi P,Motta A,Cimminiello C,Arpaia G,Fiorini GF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to detect the frequency of inflammatory cervical spine changes and characteristic features such as resorption in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with arthritis mutilans (AM) hand deformity. The series included 23 patients with AM hand deformity who fulfilled the 1987 American Rheumatism Associa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Laiho K,Belt E,Kauppi M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated an increased risk of breast cancer among patients with systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). To describe the clinical characteristics of 21 patients with both systemic sclerosis and breast cancer, and compare their risk factors to female scleroderma patients without breast cancer, in a p...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Lu TY,Hill CL,Pontifex EK,Roberts-Thomson PJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of sudden onset of late infection after TKA inflamed by anti-TNFalpha therapy, Infliximab, in a 54-year-old woman with RA. Infliximab therapy was started 3 years and 8 months after TKAs as a result of multiple arthritides showing high inflammation of RA. One week after the third administration of Infl...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yurube T,Takahi K,Owaki H,Fuji T,Kurosaka M,Doita M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results from previous studies on association of IL-6 -174 G/C and -572 G/C polymorphisms with the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) remained inconsistent. Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed to assess the association between these two polymorphisms and SLE susceptibility. A literature-based search wa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Yang Z,Liang Y,Qin B,Zhong R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown a negative association between smoking and primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), and smoking may interfere with the immune response. The purpose of this study was to investigate if smoking affects disease activity and disease phenotype in pSS. In this cross-sectional study, consecutive pSS patie...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Olsson P,Bodewes ILA,Nilsson AM,Turesson C,Jacobsson LTH,Theander E,Versnel MA,Mandl T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients was shown to be lower than that of healthy laboratory personnel, rheumatoid arthritis, and scleroderma patients (P less than 0.001). The decrease in DNase I activity in SLE sera was not due to the effect of various autoantibodi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chitrabamrung S,Rubin RL,Tan EM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha 1-antitrypsin (A1AT) is the most abundant proteinase inhibitor in plasma and the main inhibitor of Proteinase 3, the target antigen of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) that predominant in Wegeners' granulomatosis. Α1AT deficiency correlated with ANCA-associated vasculitis. This study explores the tr...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Mota A,Sahebghadam Lotfi A,Jamshidi AR,Najavand S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-DR antigens were determined in 111 patients with classic or definite rheumatoid arthritis. HLA-DR4 was significantly (P corr. less than 10(-6] increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (54%) compared with controls (23.2%). HLA-DR 5 was decreased in rheumatoid arthritis (12.6% vs 26.4% of controls); however, ...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Scherak O,Smolen JS,Mayr WR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Mediterranean fever is characterized by self-limited attacks of serositis and arthritis. However, substantial number of patients suffer from chronic complications of this disease, primarily involving musculoskeletal system. Treatment for these complications is challenging due to limited evidence. Interleukin-...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Karadeniz H,Güler AA,Atas N,Satış H,Salman RB,Babaoglu H,Tufan A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic polymorphisms in cytokine genes, which influence gene expression, may have an important impact on SLE susceptibility and severity. The aim of this study was to examine the possible influence of two functional polymorphisms in cis-regulatory regions of IL12B gene in the susceptibility and clinical symptoms of S...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Miteva LD,Manolova IM,Ivanova MG,Rashkov RK,Stoilov RM,Gulubova MV,Stanilova SA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of 199 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, 68% were found to have tried 'alternative treatments'. Some treatments (acupuncture and faith healing) gave subjective benefit in nearly half those who tried them and were considered to be better than others (such as copper bracelets). No adverse reactions were rep...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Struthers GR,Scott DL,Scott DG

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to determine whether and to which extent pentosidine (PEN) is influenced in the case of advanced osteoarthritis (OA) in urine and in some tissues. Reverse phase HPLC method for PEN determination with fluorescence monitoring was utilized. Urinary pentosidine (U-PEN) and pyridinoline (U-PD) were...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Spacek P,Adam M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The group of autoimmune cutaneous connective tissue diseases (CCTD) includes systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis (DM), lupus erythematosus (LE), and subtypes. Most CCTD patients can be assigned to one of these phenotypes or mixed forms, and transitions among the subsets exist. We present the case of a 26-year-old woma...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wenzel J,Bokemeyer D,Wilsmann D,Gerdsen R,Tueting T,Uerlich M,Bieber T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses of the synovial tissue and fluid T lymphocytes obtained from patients with rheumatoid arthritis revealed multiple functional defects in the regulation of autologous blood B cell differentiation into cells secreting immunoglobulin. These abnormalities were not found in peripheral blood T lymphocytes from the s...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Romain PL,Burmester GR,Enlow RW,Winchester RJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy presented at rheumatologic consultation, its ulcerative variant is rarely described. We report of a case of severe bilateral medial nerve palsy, presented to us for diagnosis of chronic digital ulcers which had been suspected to be rheumatolog...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Perdan-Pirkmajer K,Praprotnik S,Tomšič M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease affecting up to 1% of the worldwide population. RA is associated with multiple extra-articular manifestations (EAMs). Middle ear, cochlea and the auditory nerve are suspected sites of RA activity and hearing loss is a possible novel EAM of RA. Objective was to...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chaitidis N,Theocharis P,Festas C,Aritzi I

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis is unregulated tissue repair that may cause impairment of organ function, especially in end-organ damage. Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is the prototype systemic fibrosing disorder. Classical targets for fibrosis in SSc like transforming growth factor Beta (TGF-β), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), and multiple tyrosine kinas...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Ahmed S,Misra DP,Agarwal V

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4(+) T cells from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) exhibit increased expression of various proteins contributing to defective function of CD4(+) T cells. We evaluated the transcript and protein levels of perforin (PRF1) in CD4(+) T cells from SLE patients (n = 41) and healthy individuals (n = 34). Th...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Kozłowska A,Hrycaj P,Łącki JK,Jagodziński PP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven females and one male with almost identical sclerotic and hyperostotic changes of the manubrium sterni are reported. The clinical course was prolonged and characterized by intermittent periods of exacerbation followed by improvement. Malignancies, bacterial inflammatory processes, and Paget disease, which were fi...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Jurik AG,Møller BN,Jensen MK,Jensen JT,Graudal H

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation starting early in life and continuing into adulthood may predispose children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) to cardiovascular (CV) complications. To compare non-invasive CV risk markers- left ventricular mass index (LVMi), brachial artery flow mediated dilatation (FMD) and carotid artery...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Hussain KS,Gulati R,Satheesh S,Negi VS

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic and complex autoimmune disease characterized by the production of autoantibodies against a spectrum of nuclear antigens. RANTES and its receptor CCR5 have been associated with the pathogenesis of SLE. The objective of this study is to analyze autoantibodies (DNA/RNA), al...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Bidyalaxmi Devi L,Bhatnagar A,Wanchu A,Sharma A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically diagnosed cases with different grades of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were studied for (a) cryoglobulin content (b) constituents of cryoglobulins, and (c) rheumatoid factor (RF) titers in sera and cryoglobulins. Of 60 patients, 28 (46.66%) had significantly high levels of cryoglobulins and were mainly distribu...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Chattopadhya D,Ravindran B,Prakash K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the clinical presentation, treatment and outcome of southern Chinese patients with Takayasu's arteritis (TA). This is a retrospective chart review study of 78 patients managed in 14 public hospitals in Hong Kong between the years 2000 and 2010. Patients were identified from the hospital registry using the ICD...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Wong SPY,Mok CC,Lau CS,Yip ML,Tam LS,Ying KY,Ng WL,Ng KH,Leung MH,Lee TY,To CH,Lee KL,Wan MC,Yu KL,Wong PCH,Sung CK,Lee KF,Kun EWL,Hong Kong Takayasu’s arteritis study group.

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous inflammation. The clinical spectrum in childhood is heterogeneous. Angiotensin converting enzyme activity is used as a marker for disease activity. Human chitotriosidase is produced in macrophages. In this study, serum chitotriosidase levels were significantly higher in active sa...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Brunner J,Scholl-Bürgi S,Prelog M,Zimmerhackl LB

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no agreement among the rheumatology community in how to implement the musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) technique in the Rheumatology Divisions. To test the perceived usefulness of the MSUS, under consensus indications, for referring colleagues for the clinical management of their patients with inflammatory a...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Acebes C,Harvie JP,Wilson A,Duthie J,Bowen F,Steven M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune diseases (AID) are caused by the loss of immunological tolerance against self-antigens. The deoxyribonuclease I (DNASE1) gene seems to participate in the genetic susceptibility of some AID. In fact, two mutations were reported among systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients from Japan and Spain (the 172 A...

journal_title：Rheumatology international

authors： Belguith-Maalej S,Hadj-Kacem H,Kaddour N,Bahloul Z,Ayadi H

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00